Cubin Attacked On Pacs

Laramie, Wy – Two candidates for U-S House arecriticizing incumbent Barbara Cubin for taking a disproportionatesum of campaign contributions from the oil and gas and pharmaceutical industries. Of the 555-thousand dollars Cubin has raised this electioncycle, more than 70 percent has come from political actioncommittees. PACs are formed by industry or issue-oriented groups toraise money for candidates likely to advance the group's interests. Cubin's PAC donors include the drug company GlaxoSmith Kline andoil companies Chevron Texaco, ExxonMobil and Shell Oil. Two natural gas companies with operations in Wyoming each havegiven her ten-thousand dollars. Democratic challenger Ted Ladd of Wilson and Republican BruceAsay questioned the amount of money Cubin has gotten from the PACs. Cubin defended her PAC contributions. She says people who belongto PACs live in Wyoming and contribute because their livelihoodgenerally depends on the issue at large.